#9ebdb8

Color #9ebdb8

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 12 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9ebdb8

RGB

rgb(158, 189, 184)

HSL

hsl(170.3, 19%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.3, 16.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(74.27, -11.46, -0.97)

LCH

lch(74.27, 11.5, 184.84)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0343, 184.68)

HWB

hwb(170.3, 62%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd9ea3

Analogous

#9ebda8

#9ebdb8

#9eb2bd

Triadic

#9ebdb8

#b89ebd

#bdb89e

Split-complementary

#9ebdb8

#bd9eb2

#bda89e

Tetradic

#9ebdb8

#9ea3bd

#bd9ea3

#bdb89e

Square

#9ebdb8

#a89ebd

#bd9ea3

#b2bd9e

Shades

Color #9ebdb8 mixed toward black.

#7ca59f

#5e8a82

#466762

#2f4541

#172221

Tints

Color #9ebdb8 mixed toward white.

#aec8c4

#bed3d0

#cededb

#dfe9e7

#eff4f3

Tones

Color #9ebdb8 mixed toward gray.

#a0bab6

#a3b8b4

#a6b5b3

#a8b3b1

#abb0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acadb9 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#aaa8ba · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#a0baba · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ebdb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ebdb8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9ebdb8 (#9ebdb8) is rgb(158, 189, 184) in RGB.

No, #9ebdb8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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